The vuvuzelas have finally quietened writes David Holdcroft SJ the regional director of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Southern Africa and former director in South Africa in Eureka Street today 64 games three million spectators one million visitors and 40 billion rand A 6 billion later t

Austen Ivereigh has already weighed in below on the new Vatican norms on sexual abuse pornography and the attempted ordination of women nbsp nbsp This morning in a nbsp media advisory announcing two press conferences the USCCB summed up the two features of the revisions nbsp bound to be th

Among the 17 modifications to its canonical norms dealing with grave crimes gravioribus delictis against the sacraments announced today the Vatican has extended the time allowed for a case against a priest for sexual abuse from 10 to 20 years from a victim s 18th birthday and has speeded the pr

Marlborough MA I was invited to speak last evening at an appearance in one of the Boston suburbs of the famous modern Indian teacher Mata Amritanandamayi literally ldquo the mother rdquo ldquo the one entirely composed of bliss in the imperishable rdquo mdash Amma mother who tours the

As I read this morning rsquo s newspaper I was taken aback by a question that applies to two very different criminal cases Just what is a speedy trial today And what does that constitutional guarantee mean to those of us who depend on it nbsp The first story concerns Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani wh

Certainly America and in large part the profession of psychology advocates for fair treatment and equal opportunity for women in the Church and society But even despite laws and efforts of many people of goodwill inequities exist The 20th century was replete with movements across the globe to f